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Award-winning ÐÓ°Épro authors to give free reading

September 23, 2013

University Relations

Christine Byl
Christine Byl
Kirsten Pickard
907-474-2417
9/23/13

The Midnight Sun Visiting Writers Series will host a free public reading with two ÐÓ°Épro authors, Christine Byl and Carolyn Kremers, Friday, Oct. 4, at 7 p.m. in the Wood Center Ballroom at the ÐÓ°Épro.

Byl is the author of "Dirt Work: An Education in the Woods." Her prose has appeared in Glimmer Train, The Sun and Crazyhorse, among other journals. Byl has also received awards from ÐÓ°Épro State Council on the Arts, Rasmuson Foundation, Breadloaf and Fishtrap.

Carolyn Kremers is a teacher and musician who writes creative nonfiction and poetry. Her books include "Place of the Pretend People: Gifts from a Yup'ik Eskimo Village," "The ÐÓ°Épro Reader: Voices from the North," and "Upriver."  
Carolyn Kremers
Carolyn Kremers
She has been artist-in-residence at Gates of the Arctic National Park and at Denali National Park, and is a founding member of In a Time of Change, a consortium of ÐÓ°Épro artists and scientists.


The reading is sponsored by the UAF English Department.

Additional information is available by calling the UAF English Department at 907-474-7193.

MEDIA CONTACT: Eric Parker, 907-474-7193 or emparker2@alaska.edu.

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